Enchondromas generally occur in the hand and uncommonly in the long bones. Because enchondromas are usually asymptomatic, most are discovered during diagnostic radiology for another disease. Here, we describe a case of enchondroma in the right humerus in a 79-year-old female patient with concomitant rotator cuff tear arthropathy. The patient was initially hospitalized for prolonged pain and pseudoparalysis of the right shoulder. The condition, which was histologically confirmed as an enchondroma in the proximal humerus, was treated with curettage and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. In this case report, we present a rare case of an enchondroma with combined rotator cuff tear arthropathy.

Pseudoaneurysm is uncommon but a life threatening complication of chronic pancreatitis. Angiography has been the standard definitive imaging modality in the diagnosis of pseudoaneurysm. However, over the past 5 years duplux US and Dynamic CT have been proven to be valuable. The authors report a case of gastroduodenal pseudoaneurysm in chronic pancreatitis, which could be diagnosed by duplux US and Dynamic CT. Furthermore this case proved to be a pseudocyst which converted into a pseudoaneurysm by vessel rupture.
Aneurysm, False* ; Angiography ; Arteries* ; Diagnosis* ; Pancreatitis, Chronic* ; Rupture

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Acute-Phase Proteins ; Bacterial Infections*

It has been well recognized that the various cutaneous manifestations associated with liver diseases. A clinical study was made of 255 patients (AVH84, LC70, HC41, CAH26, CPH23, AH11) with the liver diseases at Yeungnam University Hospital during the periods from May to November, 1985. The authors classified the cutaneous manifestations into 7 groups according to pathogenesis, and compared them with other reports. The results were as follows: 1. In 255 patients with various liver diseases, 161 patients (63%) showed the various cutaneous manifestations. 2. The various cataneous manifestations were jaundice and/or pruritus (43.1%), vascular changes (39.6%), allergic manifestations (10.6%), nail changes (5.1%), hormone-induced changes (4.3%), pigmentary changes (3.5%) and others (2.4%) in that order. 3. Cutaneous manifestations were associated most frequently with liver cirrhosis (1.6 groups) and the least with chronic active hepatitis (0.7 group). 4. Allergic manifestations were seen mainly in patients with acute viral hepatitis. Three patients showed the serum sickness-like prodrome. 5. The other cutaneous manifestations were seen mainly in patients with chronic liver diseases.
Clinical Study ; Hepatitis ; Hepatitis, Chronic ; Humans ; Jaundice ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Liver Diseases* ; Liver* ; Pruritus

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Bronchiolitis* ; Humans

Testicular torsion is the most common cause of acute scrotal pain in prepubertal and adolescent boys. The overall testicular salvage rate with acute torsion is only 20 to 50 per cent. However, up to 50 percent of the patients with acute torsion have experienced previous episodes of acute testicular pain. Intermittent testicular torsion is a separate entity that should be considered in all young males with a history of scrotal pain and swelling. interspersed with long interval without symptoms. Most males with testicular torsion have aberrant anatomy for the testes to be more susceptible to torsion. Bell-clapper deformity and long mesorchium have been typically described at exploration. On reviewing the medical records. elective orchiopexy was performed on l2 patients under the diagnosis of intermittent testicular torsion during the recent 5 years at Yonsei University Hospital. The features and pathological anatomy of intermittent testicular torsion in these l2 patients are described. Awareness of intermittent testicular torsion as a definite entity and early elective orchiopexy will improve testicular salvage rate.
Adolescent ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Male ; Medical Records ; Orchiopexy ; Spermatic Cord Torsion* ; Testis

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Blood Pressure* ; Child* ; Gwangju* ; Humans

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BACKGROUND: The oncogene, c-fos, is a useful marker of nociceptive neurons activated by various types of pain.However, the relationship between c-fos and acute pain induced by surgical incision has not been studied.The purpose of this study was to describe the expression of spinal c-fos in a rat model of postoperative pain. METHODS: Sprague-Dawley rats were used to enumerate spinal fos-like immunoreactive (fos-LI)-positive neurons after making sham, skin, or skin-muscle incisions on the plantar surface of the rat hindpaw. The spinal cords were divided into the following 4 segments for immunohistochemical detection of fos-LI at 3 time points after the incision (4 hours, POD1, and POD3):thoracic, upper lumbar, lower lumbar, and sacral.For analysis of the laminar distribution of fos-LI, the dorsal horn was divided into three regions (I-II, III-IV, and V-VI). RESULTS: The number of fos-LI was increased in the ipsilateral spinal dorsal horn in the lower lumbar segment 4 hours post-incision and was significantly greater in rats with skin-muscle incisions than in rats with skin-alone incisions.In the skin-muscle group, laminae I-II and V-VI had a greater number of fos-LI neurons than laminae III-IV.The increase in number of spinal fos-LI neurons normalized by POD1 and POD3. CONCLUSIONS: c-fos expression is confined to neurons of the spinal dorsal horn known to be activated by nociceptive stimulation. The larger the injury elicited, the greater the expression of c-fos, suggesting that the expression of c-fos can serve as a useful marker of activated nociceptive neurons caused by acute pain following surgical incision.Further study is required to elucidate why the degree of tissue injury affects the laminar distribution of c-fos expression.
Acute Pain ; Animals ; Horns ; Neurons ; Nociceptors ; Oncogenes ; Pain, Postoperative ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Salicylamides ; Skin ; Spinal Cord

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Diethylstilbestrol* ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphocytes* ; Siblings* ; Sister Chromatid Exchange*